Tuesday, July 07, 2009

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the government not to increase power tariff until the case against increase in electricity rates was pending before the court.A three-member bench of the apex court, comprising Chief Justice (CJ) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed and Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, gave this direction while hearing a suo moto on the proposed raise in electricity tariff.